"Australia Day is the day that we honour our history and all the people who have made this nation great. It is a day to rejoice in the present and commit to a happy and prosperous future together."
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The Centre for Independent Studies announces its inaugural nanny state awards, The Nannies. Highlighting the year's worst examples of imposing regulations or promoting campaigns designed to prevent people...... Read More

The government’s release of the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) revealed significant blowouts in expenditure that highlight the urgent need for crucial policy reform to reign in the...... Read More

State and territory education ministers must consider adopting the recommendation that phonemic awareness and phonics should be included in the early years’ literacy curriculum when they meet to discuss...... Read More

Dr Jeremy Sammut has rejected suggestions made in today’s media that his latest research claims Indigenous children are placed ‘willy-nilly’ to comply with Aboriginal Child Placement Principle (ACPP).
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On her first full day as an independent, Jacquie Lambie has joined three other crossbench senators in pointlessly thwarting the government’s bill to formalise the abolition of the Australian National...... Read More

Remote Indigenous education can be turned around quickly, and without any extra funding, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council Warren Mundine said today in an adress at the Centre...... Read More

Critics of a report on the lack of evidence that recent childcare reforms will have benefits for children, have either not read or not understood the report, the Centre for Independent Studies says.... Read More

A report by the Centre for Independent Studies has found there is little evidence of benefit from recent childcare regulation reforms that increase the cost of childcare to both families and taxpayers.... Read More

The economic imbalance in Commonwealth-State financial relations highlighted in recent reports from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) and the National Commission of Audit was not...... Read More

Federal Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said today Australia must arm itself with an economic policy that improves education and innovation, to face the challenge of rising unemployment rise sparked by the...... Read More

Dr Jennifer Buckingham, Research Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies, welcomes the proposed changes to national curriculum, and particularly the strong focus on addressing the poor levels of literacy...... Read More

The WA Opera this week decided to axe its planned production of the famous opera Carmen because it may glamorise smoking, and the opera company has a significant sponsorship deal with Healthway.... Read More

With the global balance of military power rapidly shifting, Australia should deepen its military alliance with United States and strengthen its security ties with India and Indonesia, finds a Centre for...... Read More